[Marks: Conditions of Registration; Independence of Protection of Same Mark in Different Countries]
Published Jul 1, 2015United States Patent and Trademark Office
- (1) The conditions for the filing and registration of trademarks shall be determined in each country of the Union by its domestic legislation.
- (2) However, an application for the registration of a mark filed by a national of a country of the Union in any country of the Union may not be refused, nor may a registration be invalidated, on the ground that filing, registration, or renewal, has not been effected in the country of origin.
- (3) A mark duly registered in a country of the Union shall be regarded as independent of marks registered in the other countries of the Union, including the country of origin.